Vantara, a rescue centre for captive elephants and other wild animals, founded by Anant Ambani, is preparing to welcome 20 rescued elephants—10 males, 8 females, 1 sub-adult, and 1 calf—freed from the ...

Bhubaneswar: Bhabani, a 68-year-old captive elephant who assisted forest officials in conservation, security and tourism ...

ALAPPUZHA: Amid the seething anger over human deaths at the hands of wild elephants and legal battles over the pachyderm parades at festivals, the number of these animals in captivity in the state has ...

The Kombara Sreekrishna Swami Temple in Thrissur receives 'Kombara Kannan,' a life-size mechanical elephant from PETA and ...

With several captive elephants succumbing to illnesses over the years, international organisations refused new imports ...

ISKCON Mayapur authorities have relocated two captive elephants, Bishnupriya and Lakshmipriya, to a sanctuary in Gujarat ...

Around 24 captive elephants died due to ill-treatment last year. This is complicated by the fact that owners are preventing female elephants from getting impregnated, further impacting the population.

The rescued elephants include individuals like Laxmi, a 10-year-old captive-born sub-adult who struggles to bear weight on ...

This was the latest in many documented cases of violence by elephants at festival in recent years as well as conflict between humans and captive elephants – that is, elephants owned by humans.

The authorities of ISKCON temple in West Bengal’s Mayapur said it has sent two captive elephants to a private sanctuary in Gujarat, where they will live in the company of other rescued jumbos. One of ...

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh government has decided to train its own elephants as kumkis, what with the inordinate delay in ...

Wildlife conservationists and researchers in Karnataka have urged stricter regulations to ensure the welfare of captive elephants in the state. The debate on the protection of captive elephants ...